The Possibilities Are Endless (12A)
The Possibilities Are Endless (12A)
Dirs: James Hall, Edward Lovelace
With: Edwyn Collins, Grace Maxwell
Runtime: 83 minutes
AFTER Edwyn Collins, formerly the lead singer of Orange Juice and subsequently a solo artist, suffered two massive strokes he was left with the capacity to say two things: "the possibilities are endless", and the name of his wife, "Grace Maxwell". How a mind and body comes back from such trauma is the subject of James Hall and Edward Lovelace's beautifully realised and stirring documentary. The crucial importance of Maxwell in Collins's recovery is plain, as is the man himself's determination to soldier on with his creative life.
The Skeleton Twins (15)
Dir: Craig Johnson
With: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader
Runtime: 93 minutes
MAGGIE and Milo were devoted siblings, until the days when it all went wrong. When circumstance forces them together again, the pair rediscover all the old pleasures and pains of the past. Craig Johnson's kooky comedy-drama boasts the combined talents of Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) and Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader, a gently funny script and a belter of a karaoke scene. Also starring Modern Family's Ty Burrell in an eye-opener of a performance.
Say When (15)
Dir: Lynn Shelton
With: Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz
Runtime: 99 minutes
DIRECTOR Lynn Shelton started out as as part of the so-called mumblecore movement of film-makers determined to keep movies as natural as possible.
It could be a hit and miss approach, and for a fair time his tale of thirtysomething slacker Megan (Keira Knightley) seems as if it is going nowhere fast.
But then the story and the characters, including Chloe Grace Moretz as the teen Megan befriends, and Sam Rockwell as her dad, start to take shape, and the result is a nicely easy-osey comedy about the joys and otherwise of growing up.
Leviathan (15)
Dir: Andrei Zvyagintsev
With: Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Elena Lyadova
Runtime: 141 minutes
OH, those Russians. This outstanding drama from Andrei Zvyagintsev (Elena), about an ordinary man taking on the corrupt local officials, is as chewy as a Dostoevsky novel.
Aleksey Serebryakov enlists the help of his Moscow lawyer friend in taking on city hall. A compelling - and fairly horrifying - picture of the wild east that is today's Russia.
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